Kids today can’t balance a checkbook! Who knew? Of course, we all did, so when the Obama Administration implemented its financial literacy “challenge,” no one was surprised when American kids did poorly. Given the tumultuous world economy, financial literacy quickly became a hot topic in education circles. In fact, talking heads such as then-US Secretary of the Treasury, Timothy Geithner, started calling for schools to put the teaching of personal finance right alongside the three R’s. Here we are years later and financial literacy seems more important than ever! You can give your elementary and middle school kids a head-start by using our plan to create an enriching classroom economy. Click on the cover to download the introductory package. The whole program has been revamped and rebooted for 2024!

It’s true, almost no one writes checks anymore, but The Checkbook Project isn’t about checks or paper money. It’s about creating an economic infrastructure in your classroom. It teaches financial literacy and real-world math skills while serving as an effective behavior management system. 

Visit The Checkbook Project page at MackLewis.com for all the form downloads that will give your classroom economy a professional, polished look. The reproducible forms are free. No strings. No fine print. We want to encourage you to use Mackowiecki Lewis products. We think you’ll find Bank Account so innovative and impacting that you’ll want to try Read Aloud Plays, Fact Car Rally Race, Super Sentences, EZSubPlans, and all Mack’s other material. More importantly, we believe so strongly in the educational concepts reinforced by The Checkbook Project that we want to share it freely. Teach well, America!

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